Requirements for an Online electronic journal service

This article is based on a report made to the Electronic Journal and Learned Societies Project, part of the Electronic Libraries (eLib) Programme. It is concerned with investigations undertaken in late 1996 into the commercial services able to provide an online electronic document delivery service for academic journals on behalf of the small society publisher unwilling or unable to provide an independent service. Thirteen organizations were approached and a questionnaire circulated to them was returned by the majority. The results indicated that at that stage there was no obvious choice of one supplier to meet the needs of any small society publisher. The reasons for this are discussed and possible ways forward considered.     

网络志愿服务:高校图书馆志愿服务的拓展

文章从主体资源、发展空间和志愿精神等方面论述网络志愿服务是高校图书馆志愿服务的拓展,分析高校图书馆网络志愿服务的主要途径是网络宣传、网络服务和舆论引导,提出拓展网络志愿服务的对策有构建志愿服务的虚拟社区、培养稳定的网络志愿者队伍、健全网络志愿服务的运行机制和建立志愿服务的网络平台等。     

Online LATCH

The LATCH program developed as a means of expanding the library's circle of communication. Online LATCH was initiated to save time, reduce paperwork and to provide information that impacts directly on patient care. Initiated at the unit by physicians or nurses, the LATCH request is typed onto the CRT, relayed through the Hospital Information System (HIS), and is picked up by the library staff who forward the literature directly to the unit to be attached to the patient record. Eighty-nine per cent of LATCH requests are answered the same day. Online LATCH demonstrates a shift in identification of the library as an isolated unit to an interactive resource center.     

AICPA Online

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THE COMPUTER INDUSTRY. Yost, Jeffrey R. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2005, 264 pp., $79.00, ISBN 0-313-32844-7. Reviewed by Cory Tucker.

THE REAL LIFE GUIDE TO ACCOUNTING RESEARCH: A BEHINDTHESCENES VIEW OF USING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS. Humphrey, Christopher and Bill Lee. Oxford, U.K.: Elsevier, 2004, 539 pp., $100.00, ISBN 0080439721. Reviewed by John P. Heintz.

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD TRADE: FROM ANCIENT TIMES TO THE PRESENT. Northrup, Cynthia Clark (Ed.). Armonk, NY: Sharpe Reference, 2005, 4 vols., 1,552 pp., $425.00, ISBN 0-7656-8058-0 (set). Reviewed by Deborah Lee.

BUSINESS PLANS HANDBOOK: A COMPILATION OF ACTUAL BUSINESS PLANS DEVELOPED BY BUSINESSES THROUGHOUT NORTH AMERICA, Volume 10. Detroit: Gale Group, 2004, 555 pp., $170.00, ISBN 0-7876-6485-5 (full set-10 volumes, annual, 1995-2004), Volume 11 due in Fall/Winter 2005. Reviewed by Terry Zarsky.

THE CORPORATE DIRECTORY OF U.S. PUBLIC COMPANIES. San Mateo, CA: Walker's Western Research, 2005, 2,700 pp., $360.00, ISBN 1-879346-51-6. Reviewed by Terry Zarsky.

TRADE SHOWS WORLDWIDE. Jones, Keith. Detroit: Gale Group, 2005, 1,900 pp., $415.00, ISBN 0-7876-8967-X. Reviewed by Terry Zarsky.

THE GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS REPORT, 2004-2005. World Economic Forum. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, 624 pp., $99.95, ISBN 1403949131. Reviewed by John Eric Juricek.

BUSINESS ETHICS. London: Sage Publications, 2005, 3 vols., $775.00, ISBN 1-4129-0254-1. Reviewed by Mary M. Mintz.

THE BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MANAGEMENT. Cooper, Cary L., Chris Argyris and William H. Starbuck. (Eds.). 2nd edition. Malden, MA: Blackwell Publishers, Inc., 2005, 13 vols., $1,950.00, ISBN 0631233172. Reviewed by Alex R. Hodges.     

Online Updates

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Innovations Online

The National electronic Library for Health (NeLH) is now taking shape, as the virtual branch libraries begin to accumulate ‘books’, among their resources. In the Primary Care branch ( http://www.nelh‐pc.nhs.uk ), one of the first available books was the Statement of Fees and Allowances (otherwise known as the Red Book). While being held up as an example of what the NeLH can offer, this book and the story of its transformation from paper to Internet format is a powerful example of how much further the National Health Service (NHS) must go before it can claim to be fully exploiting the benefits of information technology (IT). This article refers to the author’s experience in producing electronic books for primary care using WaX software, and an example of a process change from paper to screen that was managed within a university administrative office. The author suggests that to reap optimal benefits from IT, the NeLH and its collaborators must address the fundamental issues of people and the paper‐based processes used by information providers. The NeLH must work with both NHS IT trainers and information providers in a three‐way collaboration involving key people and processes, to achieve the efficient production of an updateable and user‐friendly library of electronic books.     

Online Updates

No abstract available for this article.     

Beyond Online

Information specialists should provide a value-added service by supplementing their online searches with primary research. Primary research results in more up-to-date information from a broader spectrum of sources. The requester benefits from primary research by receiving a cost-effective and more comprehensive information package. The information professional benefits by acquiring a more in-depth knowledge of the subject, increasing awareness of important projects within the organizational, and achieving recognition as a key information analyst.     

Online First

Ohne ZusammenfassungHermann Engesser: Springer-Verlag     

网上书店与图书馆网上文献采访工作

网上书店的兴起,带来了图书馆网上文献采访新模式.网上文献采访既有其不可比拟的优势,也存在着不足,高校图书馆应制定有针对性的文献采访策略.     

Russian Online Bookshops

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The article discusses Russian online bookshops and notes that they are one manifestation of the literature-centered quality of Russian-language Internet.     

Online field experiments

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Changes in information communication technology across the Asian region have altered our field substantively and methodologically. The rapid growth of digitized communications allows us to find new purchase in examining questions fundamental to our understanding of communication theories, norms, and practices across Asia. While methods such as text mining and user analytics are increasingly popular among computational scholars, here, we focus on online field experiments, an approach to studying communication that has the potential to overcome many existing obstacles to social scientific inquiry but one that has been used relatively rarely in Asia. In this paper, we discuss what online field experiments are and how they differ from traditional experiments as well as online lab and survey experiments. We show how researchers can go about designing and implementing online field experiments, focusing on issues where online field experiments differ from their traditional counterparts – legal and ethical considerations, construct validity, randomization and spillover, and statistical analyses. Finally we discuss how online field experiments can advance our understanding of communication in Asia by helping researchers to gain insight and make causal inferences on attitudes, behaviors, and interactions that were previously unobservable ?.     

Online Teaching Resources

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Because of the global COVID-19 pandemic during the spring of 2020, colleges and universities found themselves rapidly moving all courses to online modalities, a format that many instructors were not experienced in or comfortable with. Academic librarians were called upon to help support faculty in this sudden transition, as well as migrating their own library services and instruction online. For many, it felt like a mad scramble to find best practices for online teaching, or even just “good-enough” practices, as well as specific tools that instructional faculty and librarians could utilize to keep their students engaged and learning during such a trying time. At the time of this writing, some universities have announced that they will continue to hold most, if not all, courses online in the fall 2020 term. Resources to support online teaching are critical now, and they will continue to be important going forward even after the global pandemic subsides. The reviews in this column cover a variety of online instructional tools and instructional support sites. The resources reviewed range from providing best practices for online pedagogy, creating engaging formative assessment tools, developing video discussion boards, creating interactive images, using virtual bulletin boards for student collaboration, and ensuring online content meets accessibility requirements. These resources will be useful for librarians and instructional faculty as they continue to teach in the online environment.     

一部优秀的学习工具书——不列颠百科全书网络版

论文概括介绍了不列颠百科全书网络版的主要内容和特点,以及检索方法和浏览途径,指出它是提高大学生素质教育水平的优秀知识读物,对高校师生的学习和研究起着重要作用.     

Online Library Instruction

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At the School of Nursing, University of Wisconsin-Madison, librarians and clinical faculty are working collaboratively to produce Web-based learning modules.

The collaboration resulted in four Web-based learning objects, including a virtual tour of the library Web site and three assignment-centered tutorials. Modules are short (15 minutes), focused on specific learning objectives and easily accessible on- and off-campus. They are embedded in an online course environment and free librarians to provide more customized instruction to classes upon request.

This poster presentation will demonstrate sections of the four modules, detail the development process, and explain how modules currently support School of Nursing curriculum andoutline implications for future development.     

Journal Contents Online

No abstract available for this article.